Daily News Issue Date:
March 10, 2014
News:
News:
A report from Amnesty International [1] says Syria is starving Palestinian refugees in Yarmouk camp. (Jerusalem Post)
China urges [4] Israelis and Palestinians to make progress on peace. (Xinhua)
Chief Palestinian Negotiator Erekat says the US promised that Israel [5] will free 30 prisoners by the end of March. (Ha’aretz)
A Prague Conference highlights [6] the enormous potential for the Palestinian economy. (PNN)
Desmond Tutu compares [7] Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to apartheid and reiterates his endorsement of “BDS.” (Ha’aretz)
Israeli occupation forces [8] kill a Palestinian man [9] at the border crossing with Jordan [10]. (AP/Ma’an/Ha’aretz)
Israel demolishes [11] more Palestinian houses in the Jordan River Valley. (Washington Post)
A Fatah leader says Hamas should abandon its Muslim Brotherhood agenda [12]. (Ma’an)
Jihadi head Abu Bakir al-Ansari [13]says extremist groups in Gaza are growing. (AP)
A Palestinian from Gaza uses remains of Israeli ordnance [14] to produce works of art. (Ma’an)
Palestinian women [15] join the West Bank anti-riot police. (The National)
Nuns held [16] by an al-Qaeda linked [17] Syrian rebel group are released [18]. (AP/Reuters/New York Times)
Rebels say 120 Hezbollah fighters [19] have been killed in Yabroud. (Times of Israel)
Save the Children [20] says the Syrian war is having a “devastating impact” on children’s health. (New York Times)
UNICEF says the number of Syrian refugees in Turkey [21] has reached 900,000. (Xinhua)
The UAE backs Saudi Arabia’s [24] designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a “terrorist organization.” (AP)
The al-Qaeda linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades apologizes [25] for killing Lebanese civilians. (AP)
A suicide bomber kills [26] at least 45 people at a security checkpoint in Iraq. (New York Times)
PM Maliki accuses [27] Saudi Arabia and Qatar of declaring “war on Iraq.” (Xinhua)
Commentary:
Ziad Asali [28] says Americans must never ask themselves, “Who lost Egypt?” (Huffington Post)
Hussein Ibish [29] argues that the recent visit by Ennahda leader Ghannouchi shows Washington’s inability to understand Islamists as they really are. (The National)
Amer al Sabaileh [30] says the peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians need to be dealt with “transparently.” (Jordan Times)
David Landau [31] says PM Netanyahu’s insistence on the Palestinian recognition of Israel as a “Jewish state” is asking them to become Zionists. (Ha’aretz)
Eric Yoffie [32] says Israel’s fallback plan if peace talks fail is to “reduce occupation.” (Ha’aretz)
Oudeh Basharat [33] asks if Israel will be forever a “foreign implant” in the Middle East. (Ha’aretz)
The Daily Star [34] says Maliki’s accusations against Saudi Arabia and Qatar raise more questions than they answer. (Daily Star)
Abdul Rahman al Rashed [35] says Shiite extremists are exactly like Sunni extremists. (Al Arabiya)
Abdullah Kamal [36] says Egypt’s political conflict is a replay of traditional tensions. (Al Arabiya)
Maryam Saleh [37] says the return of infectious diseases in Syria is Pres. Assad’s fault. (The National)
Mshari Al-Zayidi [38] says there is no difference between ISIS and Al-Nusra. (Asharq al-Awsat)
Rami Khouri [39]says Pres. Bouteflika’s run for another term in office is an affront to common human decency. (Daily Star)
Michael Young [40] says the rift in the GCC is all about Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood. (Now)
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